Recycled and Upcycled Projects for your Home
Pallet Wood Playhouse This project comes courtesy of my oldest son, Keith, who built a playhouse almost exclusively of pallet wood. I talked about pallet wood last week claiming it as one of my favorite materials to work with. It’s … Continue Reading →
Reclaimed Wood DIY Whale Wall Hanging This is a whale my sister found at the thrift store last week. He’s big and beautiful measuring 8″ in height and 33″ in length. His colors were a little bold and I offered … Continue Reading →
One Day Pantry Makeover in an old Farmhouse I was visiting my son and his wife at their old farmhouse Airbnb, and I had one day left in my visit to conquer a project. There was lots to do, … Continue Reading →
DIY Checkerboard or Chess Set from an Upcycled Door Months ago I shared with you this DIY Parcheesi game created from an old hollow core door. And this backgammon game, also made from a hollow door. From 2 doors … Continue Reading →
White Board with DIY Caddy and Frame Ever since Covid, my hubby has been working from home, parked in the office I used to occupy. I ended up moving my computer to the basement where I’m closer to my beloved … Continue Reading →
Junky Valentine Hearts With Valentines Day just one week away, I decided to get you in the mood with a recap of all my past junky Valentine hearts that I’ve created through the years. All of my Valentines are based … Continue Reading →
Repurposed Vintage Books 2 Ways I’ve had these old books sitting around forever. Hubby and I purchased the set of vintage books soon after we were married to fill a bunch of empty shelves, and to look like we were … Continue Reading →
Creating a Playhouse in an old Shed Welcome back everyone. I hope you all had the happiest holiday season and are enjoying a brand new year. To catch you up a bit, or to remind you, in 2023 I was … Continue Reading →
Small Pallet Wood Christmas Tree Collar This is my latest thrift store find, a sad little Charlie Brown Christmas tree. Yes, more than one person in the store remarked that I had a Charlie Brown Christmas tree in my cart. … Continue Reading →
3D Buffalo Plaid Christmas Trees Are you ready to start decorating for the holidays? Personally, I am not, but I did want to get this project out for all of you as you start planning your own decorations. What we’re … Continue Reading →
75 Unique Homemade and DIY Gift Ideas , Something for Everyone Hi Everyone, welcome back. Today I bring you a roundup of 75 homemade and DIY gift ideas. This is actually the 5th time I’ve compiled such a list. … Continue Reading →
DIY Rustic Coffee Table from Reclaimed Wood There are a few pieces of furniture that I love to make from scratch. Benches, headboards and coffee tables, and I realized this week that I haven’t brought you a coffee table since … Continue Reading →
Simple DIY Birdhouses A few years ago I shared with you the side wall of this garage with brightly painted birdhouses that I caught a glimpse of outside of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Well, I inspired myself, because now I have my … Continue Reading →
Dump Find Bookcase Makeover with Reclaimed Wood Last week I found a fantastic bookshelf just laying discarded next to a dumpster. I wasn’t looking for a bookcase, I wasn’t even dumpster diving. I was just grocery shopping, and it was … Continue Reading →
DIY Wall Propagation Station Look what I found at my local thrift store, a box of 12 Erlenmeyer flasks. I didn’t even know I wanted a bunch of flasks, but once I saw them, I had to have them. I … Continue Reading →
Laundry Room Door Makeover Welcome back friends, I’m continuing my projects on my son’s old farmhouse. Next up, this very solid, very heavy, wooden door. It’s located in the kitchen and leads to the laundry room. We think that this … Continue Reading →
Super Easy Wood Slice Wall Shelf This will probably be my shortest DIY ever, a super easy wood slice wall shelf. I don’t think you really need a how-to, just the idea to keep in the back of your mind, … Continue Reading →
2 Twin Bed Headboard Makeovers I rescued this pair of twin headboards from a local salvage yard’s free pile. Judging by the price tag, they had it on their sales floor at one time and when it didn’t sell, out … Continue Reading →